Legendary star

Chapter 262
"Donald is really bold. Are you planning to defend Meng Xu like this in normal games?"

In the fifth game of the series between the Spurs and the Mavericks, from the second half of the second quarter of the two sides, the Mavericks began to double-team and defend the core of the Spurs, Duncan. When Duncan did not have the ball in his hands, the two defended. , and once Duncan holds the ball, it will be double-teamed by 5 people immediately.As for Meng Xu, another core player of the Spurs, it was a symbolic defense throughout the whole process, but as soon as Meng Xu's touch improved, the old Nelson would immediately call a timeout to interrupt. The defensive strength has not been great, but Meng Xu's touch is generally tepid.Therefore, when the third quarter of the game ended, the Mavericks still led the Spurs by 3 points in the away game.

"Now it seems that you are a little stronger than that kid from the Lakers, and you can still control your desire to attack under such circumstances." After the end of the 3rd quarter, he handed over the task of arranging tactics to his assistant coach After that, Nelson Sr. sat on the bench with a smile all the time, thinking about the situation on the court.

In the previous game, facing Nash's careless defense, Meng Xu felt that the Mavericks' defense against him might be a trap after several consecutive shots from beyond the 3-point line on the spur of the moment. Because today's Mavericks are completely different from the Mavericks in the previous games, the Spurs are completely unable to limit their offense now, and Nowitzki's scoring efficiency is too high now.And after all, I am an outside player. Under normal circumstances, if I compete with a super insider for shooting percentage, I am definitely looking for death.So after the old Nelson's two timeouts, although Popovich didn't say anything, Meng Xu still calmed down, and this kind of continuous attack consumes a lot of energy. God, you can't take all the shots in the whole game.Therefore, Meng Xu began to actively change his offensive options after taking more than 10 shots. However, after the end of the 3rd quarter, Meng Xu still made 22 of 11 shots, 3 of 16 7-pointers, 5 of 3 free throws, and scored 32. point.

However, unlike Nelson's expectations, Meng Xu's shots are still a bit too few. After watching the classic confrontation between Meng Xu and Kobe between the Spurs and the Lakers, most people will agree that Meng Xu and Kobe are in the same position. In essence, it is the point of view of a certain type of people.But under Nelson's deliberate indulgence, Meng Xu and Kobe's performances were different. In the last match between the Mavericks and the Lakers in the regular season this season, the Mavericks' strategy against the Lakers was to double-team O'Neal. , short Kobe, and in that game, Kobe also completed the fifth 5+ in a single season, but in that game, while Kobe scored 50 points, he took 52 shots, more than half of all the shots taken by the Lakers, so that game The Lakers also unexpectedly lost to the Mavericks in the game, and the old Nelson wanted to repeat the trick on Meng Xu in this game. Originally, the old Nelson expected that Meng Xu would have to shoot 41 in the third quarter of the game. After 3 quarters, Meng Xu's shots were almost 30 times worse than Nelson's expectation.Therefore, in Nelson's view, Meng Xu is calmer than Kobe, and knows how to control his desire to attack.

"It seems that the gift I prepared for you will come in handy." Looking at the point difference between the two teams on the scoreboard, and at the same time looking at the back of the Spurs No. 5 in the distance, the corner of Old Nelson's mouth twitched. There was a weird smile.

When the Spurs and Mavericks' bench lineup played 6 minutes on the court, the main lineup of the two teams re-entered the field. In 6 minutes, it helped the Spurs chase the score to only 1 point. The current score of the two teams is 88 to 89, but this score is acceptable for both the Spurs and the Mavericks.
"Don't let me go anymore?" After the game restarted, when Meng Xu stood at the top of the arc with the ball, this time it was Edondo Najura who defended Meng Xu, and Edondo Najula Due to this situation, in the last few minutes, the Mavericks did not intend to continue releasing Meng Xu.

"Boy, you won't be arrogant for long." After hearing Meng Xu's words, Edondo Najera put his hands on Meng Xu's waist and said with disdain at the same time.

"Small, it's up to you to dare to speak up." After hearing Edundo Najera's sarcasm, Meng Xu immediately wanted to impress him, and carried Edundo Najera on his arm. After that, Meng Xu took a step directly to the left side of his body.

Just after Meng Xu started it, the referee behind him blew his whistle, and Meng Xu looked at the referee and Edondo-Najera with a confused face. Could it be because he pushed Edondo-Najera? Najera, did the referee blow the whistle on himself?However, Meng Xu was also relieved when the referee signaled for a defensive foul by Eduando Najera, but when he saw Eduando Najera's expression of indifference, Meng Xu felt A feeling of unease.

Meng Xu made two free throws to help the Spurs tie the score, but Meng Xu was not at all happy at the moment, because when he retreated past the Mavericks bench, he found the Mavericks coach Nelson smiling at him. The smile on that seemingly friendly face made Meng Xu feel creepy. Meng Xu still knew the great reputation of Old Nelson. This is a head coach who likes to disgust others and disgust himself at the same time. With that smile, Meng Xu wondered in his heart whether this old guy was trying to find a way to disgust himself.

And the next attack soon proved Meng Xu's guess. When Nowitzki once again helped the Mavericks overtake the score with a mid-range shot, Meng Xu just passed the center circle with the ball and defended his own Edundo Najera directly fouled Meng Xu.

After being fouled again by Edondo Najera, Meng Xu was stunned. Although his 3-point shooting percentage has always been one of the best players in the league, Meng Xu's free throws have always been a short piece. Board, in the Spurs team, Meng Xu's free throw percentage is worse than Duncan's, so when the Mavericks directly fouled Meng Xu and sent Meng Xu to the free throw line, Meng Xu immediately felt full of enthusiasm from old Nelson malicious.

Since ancient times, the slashing tactic has been a sharp weapon to deal with players who are not good at free throws. In the hands of the cardinal, this tactic once became Chamberlain's nightmare. This tactic has been further improved, and it is now called the "shark-cutting tactic". When this tactic is used against Popovich's players, I don't know how Popovich feels at the moment.

"Meng Xu's expression is really interesting now." After seeing Meng Xu miss the first free throw, Magic Johnson was also amused. The shark-slashing tactic was used to deal with O'Neal in the past, but he didn't expect it to happen today. It was used by old Nelson against Meng Xu.

"Meng's free throw is so bad, it's really hard to imagine that for a top shooter like Meng, his free throw is even worse than that of a center forward." When Meng Xu's second free throw circled around the basket and fell into the basket Afterwards, Michaels also watched and shook his head. It is really unimaginable that a player with the top 2-point ability will be so bad at free throws. You must know that apart from Meng Xu, whether it is Reggie Miller or Ray Allen in this league For such a top pitcher, their free throw percentage has never been lower than 3%, and their free throw percentage has exceeded 85% in most seasons, and Meng Xu is obviously a special existence.

However, this is just the beginning. In the next game, as long as Meng Xu passes the half court with the ball, Eduardo Najera will foul Meng Xu until Eduardo Najera has accumulated 6 fouls. When he was off the field, Meng Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief, but after Edondo Najera left the field, Nelson sent Greg Buckner to continue to foul Meng Xu, and finally made fouls here and there. In the middle of the game, the unbearable Popovich called a timeout. In the first 3 minutes of the game, Meng Xu got as many as 16 free throw opportunities, but only made less than half of the free throws. The score increased to 5 points. After the timeout, Popovich replaced Meng Xu with Jalen Jackson.And when Meng Xu left the field, he saw old Nelson looking at him with a smile on his face. For the first time, he felt that this seemingly kind guy deserved a beating.

"Donald is so crazy that he actually thought of using the shark-slaying tactic on Meng Xu. Perhaps whether or not the Mavericks can come back in this round, the Spurs will become more difficult in the following games. "Just like some teams will foul O'Neal when they meet the Lakers at the last moment of the game, the current Spurs have also exposed this weakness. If the Spurs eliminate the Mavericks and the Lakers meet in the Western Conference Finals, the two teams After the last moment of the game, if the Lakers cut Meng Xu and the Spurs cut O'Neal, it would be really funny.

In response to Nelson's attack on Meng Xu, Popovich also began to attack Sean Bradley after the timeout. The free throw of the big bamboo pole is the worst among the main players of the Mavericks. It is still very unstable, so Sean Bradley also experienced the feeling of being regarded as O'Neal today.Because the two teams cut each other, the game has not been continuous since the official suspension of the fourth quarter. This kind of weird game where you cut me and I cut you also left all the audience dumbfounded.

"I'm already looking forward to the scene where the Spurs will quickly eliminate the Mavericks and the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals." Magic Johnson has always hated the special tactic of "shark hacking", but when today's During the game, seeing the two best coaches in the league who used the "shark hacking tactic" hack at each other, Magic Johnson felt very happy. In the Magician's heart, even very dark I thought, if Popovich and old Nelson could keep fighting like this, it would be great.

"It's really a crazy must-have game." At the end of the game, Meng Xu didn't continue to play. After losing the Mavericks who were the target of the slash, he was hacked beyond recognition by the Spurs. In the last 2 minutes, Duncan, who didn't play much on the offensive end of the game, directly took over the game. Relying on Duncan's 8 points in a row at the last moment, the Spurs defeated the Mavericks 108-104, thus winning 4-1. The big score eliminated the Mavericks and entered the Western Conference Finals.And with the technical statistics of the whole game, Michaels was also a little speechless when he watched the two teams make more than 80 free throws in total.

And after the game, Meng Xu was also left by Popovich, when will he finish 1000 free throws, and when will he go back to sleep.And Meng Xu was also wailing and cursing in his heart. After making these 1000 free throws, it was not until 3 o'clock in the morning that he dragged his exhausted body back to his apartment.

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"I watched this game. You know we have entered the Western Conference Finals early, so we need to know who the next opponent is urgently. For the Spurs and Mavericks in this game, I think it's my opinion. The most interesting game I have ever seen in my life, I think Meng Xu should be able to deeply understand what they did to me last season, and in the next game, we will definitely let that kid feel it again." For a long time, as a direct victim of the "shark hacking tactic", O'Neal jumped out immediately after the game. While gloating at his misfortune, he also accused the Spurs of their evil deeds last season.

"Have you found a way to beat the Spurs? We have always been confident that we can beat the Spurs, and you have to know that we are not the Spurs, and I am not Popovich and old Nelson. This tactic without IQ will not become a Lakers tactic. The one on the table, but I don’t mind trying this interesting tactic in the following games.” After the Spurs eliminated the Mavericks, immediately a good reporter went to interview the Lakers coach Phil Jackson, and Phil Jackson, when the reporter asked if he would cut Meng Xu in the game against the Spurs, this guy was also very pretentious. First, he said that our noble Lakers disdain to use this ugly and dirty Tactical, but at the end of the talk, if you want to see it, I don’t mind giving it a try, so as to satisfy your curiosity.

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